Macs Convenience Store
Man who drove getaway vehicle in Lumby robbery sentenced to house arrest
VERNON – A Lumby man who helped rob a convenience store in the North Okanagan…
North Okanagan man sent to prison for violent convenience store robbery
LUMBY – A North Okanagan man who robbed a convenience store and traumatized the lone…
Lumby man pleads guilty in violent robbery case
VERNON – A Lumby man admitted guilt yesterday in connection to a violent corner store…
Vernon robber left trail of coffee cups, and fingerprints
VERNON – A cup of coffee led to a Vernon robber's downfall. With his face…
Arrests made in violent store robbery in Lumby
VERNON – Police have arrested two men in connection to a violent robbery at Mac’s…
Safety violations discovered after late-night robbery at Lumby convenience store
LUMBY – A new, teenaged employee was working alone for the first time on the…
Worker safety being reviewed following violent convenience store robbery in Lumby
LUMBY – The Mac’s Convenience Stores franchise and WorkSafe B.C. aren’t ignoring a violent incident…
Vernon business frustrated as robbers walk free
VERNON - A Vernon business owner is fed up after two robberies at their store in the last year, and no arrests. Aman Sudan and her husband bought the local Mac’s Convenience Store franchise on 27 Street about a year ago. Since that time they’ve been robbed twice; the first time in January 2015 when...
Do you know this Kelowna armed robbery suspect?
KELOWNA – Almost 48 hours after a Kelowna convenience store was robbed, RCMP are asking for the public’s help to find the suspect. Police were called to the Mac’s at 2147 Richter St. around 2:49 p.m., Tuesday, May 12 following the report of an armed robbery. RCMP say in a release that a man walked...
Arrest made in Vernon corner store armed robbery
VERNON - Police arrested a man who allegedly pepper sprayed a corner store employee and made off with cigarettes and cash. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk said officers identified the suspect as a 19-year-old Vernon man and arrested him the afternoon of Jan. 8. The man is expected to appear in court Jan. 9 to answer...
Vernon business hurting during teacher strike
VERNON - Uzair Shahid is supposed to be in school. Instead, he’s working shifts at his parents’ corner store on 27 Street. “It’s really annoying—you can’t go to school and it affects the business as well,” Shahid says. While he doesn’t mind making a little extra cash, he says the teacher strike is hurting business...